This is a list, sorted alphabetically, of discontinued objects, or changes to
object features or messages in Max 5.

coll

The coll object no longer writes Max binary data files. When using the file
dialog to open a file, files of all types are displayed, permitting you to open
files without extensions that you might have used with Max 4.

detonate

The detonate object no longer opens an edit window to display its data.
The internal storage, import, and export features work as they did in Max 4.

edetonate

The edetonate object has been eliminated in Max 5 (it worked with the
timeline object, which has been discontinued).

efunc

The efunc object has been eliminated in Max (it worked with the
timeline object, which has been discontinued).

env and envi

The env and envi objects have been eliminated in Max 5. The
function object is a replacement.

etable

The etable object has been eliminated in Max 5 (it worked with the timeline
object, which has been discontinued).

fontlist

The fontlist object no longer supports the filter or fontnum
messages. Control of the font list contents based on font type (OpenType, TrueType etc.)
is no longer possible.

imovie, movie, jit.qt.movie

In Max 4, it was not possible to include Quicktime movie (.mov) files in collectives
and standalones. This limitation has been eliminated in Max 5. However, because
movie files are often very large, they are not automatically included in collectives.
You must explicitly include them in a collective script.

jit.cellblock

The jit.cellblock object no longer supports the read or write
messages. Saving and restoring contents should be done by using the refer
message to attach to a coll object, which can be saved or restored.

Due to changes in the underlying technology, all rows in a jit.cellblock object
must be the same height, so setting a single row's height using the row n height n
message is no longer supported, and the message is ignored.

message

The message object no longer opens an edit window to edit its content.

table

The table object no longer writes Max binary data files.
When using the file dialog to open a file, files of all types are displayed,
permitting you to open files without extensions that you might have used with
Max 4.

tiCmd

The tiCmd object has been eliminated in Max 5.

thisobject

The thisobject object has been eliminated in Max 5. It was used with
third-party objects that created inspector patches. In Max 5, inspector
windows are generated automatically based on object attributes.

thistimeline

The thistimeline object has been eliminated in Max 5.

timeline

The timeline object is no longer available. Time-based event triggering
is available with the new timepoint object and other objects that support
tempo-based timing.

vst~

The vst~ object when used on Mac PowerPC machines does not support
plug-ins that are not compatible with the VST 2.4 specification. The plug-ins
will generally work but you will not be able to open their edit windows.

The vst~ object will not open VST plug-ins created with Max/MSP. As
an alternative, you could change your plug-in to an abstraction and load
it with the poly~ object, which now supports dynamic patcher loading.